Social Worker; Part Time

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Regular Full-Time New York, NY, US

Salary Range: $38.29 To $38.29 Hourly

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, widely recognized as one of New York’s premier human services providers, is a settlement house founded in 1894 that provides an extensive array of effective and integrated services—social, educational, health, housing, mental health, nutritional and fitness—which significantly improves the lives of 16,000 people in need each year, ages 3 to 103, on the East Side of Manhattan.

Our clients include older adults, unhoused and formerly unhoused adults, children and families, disabled persons, adult learners and more. For more information on Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, please visit lenoxhill.org and check us out on Facebook or Instagram .

Located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in the historic mixed-used Park Avenue Armory, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House’s Women’s Mental Health Shelter is a 24-hour program that addresses the critical issues facing 80 homeless women, age 45 and over, who have histories of mental illness. Through a comprehensive continuum of care and programming that includes social work services, medical, nursing and psychiatric care, specialized peer support, housing placement, benefits assistance, arts and recreation and food and nutrition programs, our talented, multi-disciplinary team which includes social workers, mental health clinicians, nurses, psychiatric providers, peer advocates and program assistants, to help clients to transition from homelessness to permanent housing.

The part-time Social Worker will be an integral member of our Women’s Mental Health Shelter team and will assist in our efforts to help clients to obtain long-term mental health stability and secure housing. Candidates must have a focus on community-based human services with a social justice lens and be dedicated to supporting our clients as they optimize their wellness and achieve permanent housing placements.

Reporting directly to the Clinical Director and collaborating closely with the Senior Program Director and Housing Specialist, the entire Clinical and Operational Team, the part-time Social Worker will be responsible for providing comprehensive social services and case management, housing counseling, crisis intervention, and person-centered, trauma-informed support at our Women’s Mental Health Shelter.

The Social Worker will:

• Provide comprehensive social services and case management to an assigned caseload of clients, with caseload size determined based on the employee’s part-time schedule and programmatic needs. Clients may present with diagnoses including Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Anxiety Disorders, and co-occurring substance use and medical complexities.
• Complete initial and ongoing client assessments and service planning, including Independent Living Plans (ILPs), psychosocial assessments, intake needs assessments, required mental health screenings, 2010E supportive housing applications, CAPS surveys, and other required documentation, ensuring timely identification of client needs, appropriate service planning, and regulatory compliance.
• Assist clients with applying for, securing, and maintaining government benefits, including Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, Access-A-Ride, Lifeline, EPIC, SSI/SSD, and other available benefits.
• Assist clients with obtaining or replacing vital documents necessary for benefits, housing, and other services, including birth certificates, Social Security cards, state identification, and other required documentation.
• Connect clients to on-site and…